Daily Archives: September 10, 2019

Vice: These Cops Are Seizing Cash from People Who Smell Like Weed Before They Fly to California

Vice: These Cops Are Seizing Cash from People Who Smell Like Weed Before They Fly to California (“Smelling like cannabis and buying your ticket right before your flight from this Florida airport are apparently great reasons for cops to take … Continue reading

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WaPo: A man live-streamed his traffic stop. He recorded police fatally shooting him.

WaPo: A man live-streamed his traffic stop. He recorded police fatally shooting him. By Katie Mettler (“It remains unclear what prompted police to use lethal force.”)

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Reason: The Supreme Court’s Next Big Fourth Amendment Case

Reason: The Supreme Court’s Next Big Fourth Amendment Case by Damon Root (“What’s at stake in Kansas v. Glover.”).

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MD: Traffic enforcement saturation for seat belt stops wasn’t a checkpoint

A traffic enforcement saturation to stop people only without seat belts on was founded on reasonable suspicion and wasn’t a checkpoint. Johnson v. State, 2019 Md. App. LEXIS 783 (Sept. 9, 2019).* Defendant was stopped for a traffic offense, and … Continue reading

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OH2: Officer’s sexual assault of motorist criminally violated 4A

Defendant was a part time police officer conviction of state civil rights violations for sexual assault during frisks of women that clearly exceeded the Fourth Amendment. State v. Sanderson, 2019-Ohio-3589, 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 3673 (2d Dist. Sept. 6, 2019).* … Continue reading

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N.D.Ala.: Officer doesn’t have to tell a motorist he smells MJ in the car

The officer recognized defendant as having an arrest warrant on him. When the stop occurred, the officer smelled marijuana and that justified a search of the car. The fact the officer didn’t mention to defendant that he smelled marijuana isn’t … Continue reading

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E.D.Mo.: Older information in SW application substantiated by CI information from day before; not stale

Parts of the information were old, but the search warrant was not stale because a critical part of the affidavit showed that there was credible reason to believe drugs would be found there because of the CI’s observation the day … Continue reading

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